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Is impeachment a fair process?

What does partisan politics and history tell us about the Trump inquiry?

In the United States, the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump - only the fourth president to face such an investigation - has become the most talked about issue in Washington. At the centre of it is a phone conversation in which president Trump allegedly solicited the help of the Ukrainian president to undermine a political rival. Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the Democratic Party controlled lower house of Congress, says that it had to initiate the impeachment investigation because it could not "ignore what the president did". But is there such a thing as a fair and objective way to impeach a president? How important is the court of public opinion and what do events say about America's political divide? Plus, what are the lessons from history? Paul Henley and a panel of expert guests discuss what it takes and what stands in the way of removing an American president from office.

(Photo: A demonstrator showing support for an impeachment hearing in New York. Credit: Lucas Jackson/Reuters)

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53 minutes

Last on

Sat 5 Oct 2019 03:06GMT

Contributors

Congressman Bob Barr - A manager of聽Bill Clinton's impeachment trial聽

Jill Wine-Banks -聽Assistant Watergate Special Prosecutor; MSNBC analyst聽

Elaine Kamarck - Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution; former Clinton聽official聽

Jeffrey A Engel - Presidential historian,聽Southern Methodist University, Dallas聽

Also featuring聽

John Dean -聽Star witness in the impeachment case of Richard Nixon

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  • Fri 4 Oct 2019 08:06GMT
  • Fri 4 Oct 2019 23:06GMT
  • Sat 5 Oct 2019 02:06GMT
  • Sat 5 Oct 2019 03:06GMT

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